Alleged Mashpee shooter, accomplice held on bail

The suspect in a shooting last month in Mashpee's New Seabury community was ordered held on $50,000 bail Tuesday and is scheduled to be back in Falmouth District Court on Friday for a dangerousness hearing.

FALMOUTH — The suspect in a shooting last month in Mashpee's New Seabury community was ordered held on $50,000 bail Tuesday and is scheduled to be back in Falmouth District Court on Friday for a dangerousness hearing.

David Byron, 21, of Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment to charges of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building. Centerville resident Lea Wiinikainen, 22, was arraigned on a charge of accessory after the fact and ordered held on $5,000 bail.

According to court records, early on the morning of March 29, Byron was trying to visit a woman who lived at a Glenneagle Drive home. The woman told Byron it was too late, but he drove by the house several times. Eventually a man at the residence went to Byron's car, where they spoke. The woman said she heard Byron say, "I don't want to have to do this," just before she heard three or four gunshots. Three .22-caliber shell casings were later found in the driveway.

The shooting victim, 35, was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment. According to court documents, Mashpee police tried to find Byron and Wiinikainen, who were believed to be together at the time of the shooting. Police were able to track a cellphone that Byron was using and found he was headed to Maine. Byron and Wiinikainen were apprehended along I-295 in Bowdoinham, Maine, by a state trooper and placed under arrest.

Court records show that Byron was on probation for a Jan. 9, 2013, assault and battery that occurred on Amvets Avenue in Falmouth.

Byron and Wiinikainen are scheduled to have probable cause hearings May 5.